# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 3.184

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/3.184

Καὶ πάλιν, μινυρίζων τε καὶ γεγανωμένος ὑπὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς διατελεῖ τὸν βίον ὅλον. καὶ πάλιν, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον, εἴ τι θυμοειδὲς εἶχεν, ὥσπερ σίδηρον ἐμάλαξεν. οὕτως μὲν γὰρ γλαφυρὸν καὶ ᾠδικὸν σαφῶς· εἰ δ’ ἀναστρέψας εἴποις, ἐμάλαξεν ὥσπερ σίδηρον, ἢ διατελεῖ ὅλον τὸν βίον, ἐκχεῖς τοῦ λόγου τὴν χάριν ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ ῥυθμῷ οὖσαν· οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ, οὐδ’ ἐν ταῖς λέξεσιν.

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Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, ed. William Rhys Roberts. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0613.tlg001.local001/.